need advice
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I've been reading some answers here and I can't believe what I just read. "I'll lose my friend if I don't work a lot for free". Now, that's a friend I'd love to lose. "Do it just this time, and warn him the next time you won't do it". If he can't afford paying you now, what makes you think he'll do it next time? Please, let me say first that you don't deserve to be in that situation. If I understood correctly, you received a fair price for your work (little money or not, you settled for that), and delivered your services. They're using it for 5 months now, without a single problem in your work. I believe you should make things clear and say that you're a professional. A professional works for money. If this is not a problem with your code, make it clear, and ask for a fair price.
Isaac Sasson wrote:
On the one hand I've spent too much time already about this and got very little pay (and don't have spare time right now anyway), on the other hand I feel bad turning my friend down or asking for more money.
He doesn't seem to feel bad asking you to work for free. I had a lot of "friends" like this in the past. I was once so naive that I loaned *a lot* (no, let me rephrase that) *a BIG, HUGE, F****ING LOT* of money to a "friend" to not lose his friendship: he was crying for help, with 2 starving kids. Needless to say, I lost the money, and the guy doesn't talk to me anymore. There's a saying here that if a friend borrows money from you, you'll lose both. I don't see dead pixels anymore... Yes, even I am blogging now!
Daniel Turini wrote:
Needless to say, I lost the money, and the guy doesn't talk to me anymore
I have been known to loan small amounts of money so that the person will avoid me in the future. :~ I'm on-line therefore I am. JimmyRopes
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Daniel Turini wrote:
Needless to say, I lost the money, and the guy doesn't talk to me anymore
I have been known to loan small amounts of money so that the person will avoid me in the future. :~ I'm on-line therefore I am. JimmyRopes
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A friend of mine designed a website for some company. He's a graphics designer and not much of a programmer, but it was a simple project and he managed to complete it quite well. During the project the company asked him for additional features including a message board. At that point he asked me for a favor helping him completing the project. So He took me as a sub-contract (at a small pay) since he wanted to look professional to the company which hired him. I didn't have any touch with the company directly. I completed the job in a couple of days and everyone was satisfied. 5 months passed and now there are some problems with the message board (originating in the server, not the code). Since my friend is not a programmer, he turned to me. I contacted the host and tried to work things out, but it seems that it'll take more time than I thought. Now I've got a problem. Even though my friend finished the project months ago, he is still obligated to solve this issue at no extra pay. He wants me to work things out. On the one hand I've spent too much time already about this and got very little pay (and don't have spare time right now anyway), on the other hand I feel bad turning my friend down or asking for more money. What should I do? Isaac Sasson
It's part of what you signd-up for when you agreed to do the task. Get it fixed. Keep your friend. ---sig---
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